The news of Deng She's illness soon spread throughout Yidu.

No one thought that the first person to visit was not Wang Shicheng, nor was he an official from Yidu, but why bother. Deng She heard his name for a long time, and Li Shousheng sent back to Haidong the information that repeatedly mentioned this person. Nominally, he was sent by Zhu Yuanzhang in Jiangnan to cook for Xiao Mao Pingzhang, but in fact, he had the identity of Zhu Yuanzhang's envoy.

Deng She thought to himself: "Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao has arrived." "At yesterday's meeting, Luo Guoqi just talked about Zhu Yuanzhang, and today, his envoy came.

On the first day of pretending to be sick, Deng She was inexperienced and a little unsure, so he pulled the futon to his chest. Since last night, he has not eaten, he has not slept all night, he is hungry and sleepy, his face is slightly pale, and he speaks with weakness, he asked Bi Qianniu, "How does it look?" Is it like going on? ”

Bi Qianniu observed it seriously and nodded solemnly.

"Give me the medicine."

Deng She picked up the tea bowl and drank all the medicine handed by Bi Qianniu. Nothing else, the main ingredient of the medicine is croton, the amount is not large, it can probably cause a slight diarrhea. Croton alone wasn't enough, Deng She stretched out his hand, and Bi Qianniu carefully rubbed some pepper on his fingers.

Everything was ready, Deng She nodded, lifted his spirit, and silently recited Zhu Yuanzhang's name twice: "Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang." Adjust his mentality and say, "Please come in." ”

Why bother to gather and want to come to meet Deng She for a long time, but he has never had the opportunity. Deng She came to Yidu, except for often going to the sweeping palace, he usually closed his doors. It's easy to catch him sick, so hurry up to visit him. You can't come empty-handed. He brought up two gifts, both of which were specialties of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, which were not expensive and cordial. Handed over to Bi Qianniu. He lifted his placket and stepped inside.

The room was very dark, and the curtains were not opened, and through the gaps in the curtains, the morning sunlight cast in, forming a faint pillar of light. If you look closely, you can see that there is floating dust floating in the pillar of light. There are no maids, it is very quiet, only Luo Guoqi sits at the head of the bed. Deng She leaned back on the bed, looking sickly, smiling.

Why bother to gather and bow down, chanting in his mouth, "Why do you want to gather, I have seen His Royal Highness King Yan." He has no official position in Zhu Yuanzhang, so he calls himself a villain.

Deng She raised his hand in vain, taught Bi Qianniu to help him up, and said, "He officials don't need to be polite. I have been friends with your lord for a long time. In Haidong, I often hear about the name of Wu Guogong. A good corporal, know how to make good use of the soldiers. "Why bother gathering," he praised, "There are no weak soldiers under the strong generals." He is an official, and he is a good talent. ”

Why bother to gather has a good appearance and a dignified appearance. He got up from the ground, and Bi Qianniu brought a chair and invited him to sit down. He Biju said: "My lord has admired King Yan for a long time. In particular, King Yan's exploits in capturing Goryeo and capturing its king made my lord ashamed and admired. ”

Similar compliments, Deng She's ears were about to hear the calloon. Almost every time you see someone, you have to listen to it again. He's almost bored, and he's long since lost his freshness. But having said that, it can be seen from this that his capture of Goryeo and the capture of Wang Qi had a great impact on the people of the world. At the very least, the heroes of the north and the south, the scholars and the common people, all had a deep impression of him.

Since why bother to gather to compliment him, Deng She also had to compliment Zhu Yuanzhang with a few words of pride, and said with a smile: "Back then, Wu Guogong crossed the river from Hezhou and took Jinling in a war. Jinling, an important town in the south of the Yangtze River. Tiger on the dragon plate. If you compare the status, don't talk about Goryeo, several times in China, I'm afraid there are few places to compare.

Taibai once sighed: There is a scene in front of him, and Cui Hao's inscription poem is on it. With Wu Guogong's exploits in occupying Jinling, what is my little deed worth? I can't afford to be so praised by any official. Shame shame. ”

Why bother to gather and listen, and thought in his heart: "There is great merit without being reserved, not arrogant or indulgent." I heard the comments: Haidong Xiao Deng, humble and deep. Sure enough, it's true. ”

He didn't know that Deng She's praise for Zhu Yuanzhang really came from the bottom of his heart. No matter if he has Haidong now, maybe he will not be timid when facing Wang Shicheng or even Zhang Shicheng. However, who is Zhu Yuanzhang? Others don't know, he knows it. For the first time, I came into contact with Zhu Yuanzhang's subordinates, and it was no longer just a rumor of the people. Dunshe inexplicably felt a little absurd and ridiculous. And a little pressure.

When he traveled to the Yuan Dynasty, he had hallucinations like in a dream. Today, many years later, when he had long been accustomed to all this, he suddenly experienced a similar feeling again because of why he gathered a sudden visit. Zhuang Gong dreams of butterflies, by mistake.

Deng She said a lot of words, covered his mouth, and pretended to cough twice. Why did he gather and asked with concern: "The villain was in Xiaomao Pingzhang's mansion this morning, and I heard that Yan Wangyu was unwell, and I don't know what kind of illness he was infected?" Does it matter? ”

"I've been in Haidong for a long time, and I'm a little unaccustomed to the soil and water when I first arrived. There is no serious illness, a slight fever, diarrhea. ”

"Have you ever asked for a doctor?"

"Mr. Ben in the museum, I already saw it last night. It doesn't matter if it's a small problem. Dunshe said, covering her mouth again and coughing a few times. The pepper on his fingers sniffed into his nose, his eyes watered with tears, and even his snot began to hum. There is sandalwood smoked in the room, but I am not afraid of why gather to smell the smell of pepper.

In He Biju's eyes, it was Deng She's cough that was out of breath. Luo Guoqi, who was sitting at the head of the bed, hurriedly stood up and helped Deng She beat his back. Deng She shook his hand weakly, signaling that he didn't need it, and after coughing, he still pulled up the futon, leaned his upper body against the head of the bed, and said with a wry smile: "It's a shame that I pride myself on being in good health on weekdays, but when I get sick, oops, I can't stop it." But he made He Guanren see the joke. ”

"Sickness comes like a mountain, and illness goes like a thread. The weather in Yidu is indeed much hotter than that in Liaodong. When the little talent came to Yidu, he was also very uncomfortable. ”

"Oh? Has He Guanren ever been to Liaodong? ”

"The villain is originally from Jiangnan, and he traveled with his elders when he was young, but he has also been to Liaodong." He Biju sighed and said with emotion, "One side of the water and soil raises the other side." Only in a place like Liaodong can a heroic and martial man like King Yan be raised. ”

Deng She is not from Liaodong, but since he followed Guan Duo's Northern Expedition, he has stayed in Liaodong and Saiwai for many years, and he has been imperceptibly affected by some influences. Why bother to get together, this is not wrong.

He Biju continued: "Recently, there is a sentence in Yidu, I wonder if King Yan has heard of it? ”

"What?"

"I'm not afraid of ten tigers from the south, but I'm afraid of one wolf from the north."

Deng She naturally heard this sentence. Because he ordered people to release it on purpose. It can be called "building momentum" or "creating public opinion", and the person in charge of this task is none other than the original Zhao Timur and now Zhao Zhong.

Zhao Zhong is now more and more good at pretending to be a ghost, relying on him to predict the weather, eat all over the world, and even change his clothes into a robe. Shandong is the birthplace of Quanzhen Religion, and there are many Taoist temples, so he went to Taoist temples when he had nothing to do. Deng She prepared a lot of activity funds for him, he can play well, and he can observe words and feelings, and he is generous, and he has made a few Taoist friends.

The religion of the Yuan Dynasty was very developed, and the religious power of monks, Taoist priests, and religion should not be underestimated. At its peak, the number of monks could reach one million. Before the Quanzhen Sect was not attacked by the Yuan Court, it was even more amazing, "the palace is a thousand places, the people with yellow crowns, and two parts of the world", a grand event, the number of people gathered can reach tens of thousands. The grandeur of the sound and flame can be imagined. Although it has experienced two setbacks in the debate between Hu and Hu, the power of the Quanzhen Sect is still quite large in the places where Shaanxi and Shandong are based.

Zhao Zhong befriended the Taoist priests, and with the help of their mouths, he did a lot of propaganda to the believers of the Quanzhen Sect. All this propaganda is carried out quietly. And the content of the propaganda is not above board and loud, but is all specious and implicit. It covers a wide range. "Not afraid of ten tigers from the south, only afraid of one wolf from the north" is one of them.

There are others, such as: "Purple Qi comes from the east". This sentence is an old Taoist allusion. Legend has it that before Lao Tzu crossed the Hangu Pass, Guan Yin saw that there was purple gas coming from the east, and knew that a saint was about to pass the pass. Haidong, with a "dong" in the name, and it also happens to be in the east of Shandong, it is very appropriate to use this allusion here.

Another example: "The villain is in charge, and the adult enters the house".

There is a sentence in "Mencius", "Scholars, honest villains". uses villains to vaguely refer to Wang Shicheng. This villain is not the villain. Here, it is not the villain who corresponds to the "gentleman", but the villain who corresponds to the "adult". "Deng" is homophonic with "Deng", and the traditional character Deng is originally the word "Deng" on the left. Refers to Dunshe. In connection with the previous sentence, "purple qi comes from the east", and the meaning of "entering the house" is that the destiny of heaven is destined, and the benefits should be returned to Deng She.

And so on and so forth.

Deng She pretended to be puzzled and asked, "Ten tigers from the south and one wolf from the north?" What do you mean? ”

This is a saying from the people in the market. A wolf came from the north, obviously talking about King Yan's army. Praise your tribes for being braver than the Tigers. ”

Dunshe smiled, disapproving.

Luo Guoqi said: "He Guanren is far-fetched. A wolf from the north? If you want to talk about wolves, Tartars can be called wolves. Recently, King Yang Zhai of Lingbei Tartar has been in turmoil, and the people may be talking about him. However, even so, in my opinion, this sentence is still very wrong.

"Even if the Tartar is a wolf, how can it compare to our Han people like tigers? If you don't mention anything else, let's just say that you are the master of the family. Wu Guogong is full of talents, Xu, Chang, Tang, Hua, Deng, Hu, Wu, Guo, all of them are the choice of the moment, the world's talents. Even though I am far away in Haidong, it is like thunder. ”

Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, Tang He, Hua Yun, Deng Yu, Hu Dahai, Wu family brothers, Guo family brothers, these are all relatively famous generals under Zhu Yuanzhang today. Among them, Deng Yu started the army with his brother since he was a child, took charge of the army at the age of sixteen, and was only eighteen years old when he voted for Zhu Yuanzhang.

Luo Guoqi said: "Thinking back to the battle of Wu Guogong attacking Jinling, General Chang was the vanguard. Quarrying rocks, taking the lead, unstoppable. I once heard him say that he could run rampant in the world with 100,000 people, and he was called '100,000 in the army'. The real tiger will also. Xu, Tang, and Hua are all old people of Wu Guogong. I have also heard that General Hua has an iron-colored face, known as the 'Black General', and has often been a pioneer and a brave man. ”

Why bother to gather a long sigh and said, "King Yan doesn't know anything. The judgment of Huayun Huayuan was lost a few months ago. "Hua Yun's official position in Jiangnan Province is the judgment of the Privy Council.

Luo Guoqi was stunned when he heard this.

Deng She was taken aback, he remembered that Hua Yun was one of Zhu Yuanzhang's so-called "Twenty-four Constellations", why did he die so early? Busy asking for details.

It turned out that although he paid close attention to Zhu Yuanzhang and did everything possible to collect information about Jiangnan Province, he didn't know much about what had happened recently. Last month, on the eve of Chen Youliang's proclamation as emperor, he led his boat division to attack Taiping. The one who guards the peace is Zhu Wenxun, an adopted son of Huayun and Zhu Yuanzhang.

Friendship forgave the siege of the city for three days, not allowed to enter, led the huge boat to force the southwest of the city, and the soldiers climbed the tail of the boat and climbed, and then attacked into the city. Hua Yun was captured by him, scolded endlessly, and broke the bindings, grabbed the defender's knife, and cut several people in a row, which angered Youliang's subordinates, tied him to the boat, and shot him to death with arrows. Zhu Wenxun and Hua Yun died together.

Deng She said that it was a pity, and praised it from the bottom of his heart: "True loyal and brave generals!" "Somehow, I thought of the left car unexpectedly. He felt a pain in his heart, and then raised his hand to cover his mouth, pretending to cough.

Luo Guoqi asked: "Thief Chen invaded my territory and invaded Jiangnan for no reason, and I have heard a little about this matter in Haidong. I wonder how the battle is going now? If my prediction is not bad, Wu Guogong must have repelled the Chen thief, right? ”

He Biju nodded and said, "My lord Hu Dahai and General Hu will attack Xinzhou with soldiers and lead him." With Kang Mao Caikang's command, he wrote a fake surrender, deceived the internal response, and deceived him into the palace. Then he personally commanded the three armies and braved the rain to fight with Longwan. A battle to defeat the enemy, friendship and forgiveness collapsed. Zhang Zhixiong and others were surrendered, and more than 100 giant ships were surrendered. It's just a pity that I asked Youliang to get away by boat.

"Our army took advantage of the victory to pursue, not only defeated the Chen thief, but also the Taiping that had fallen before had been regained by General Chang."

Kang Maocai once had an old relationship with Chen Youliang, and the two already knew each other and had a good relationship. Zhu Yuanzhang used Kang Maocai to deceive Chen Youliang into his ambush plan. Chen Youliang was defeated in this battle, retreated to quarry, killed Xu Shouhui, established himself as the emperor, and the country was called the Great Han, and he had returned to Jiangzhou to take it as the capital.

Why bother to gather: "Friendship forgive me this time, I had an appointment with Zhang Shicheng, and I wanted to invade my Jinling together." Shi Cheng was afraid of the prestige of my lord, and did not dare to move lightly. Friendship and forgiveness of the wolf's ambitions, arrogant people, empty-eyed everything, and now suffering this defeat, so that he can know the Tianwei of our Great Song Dynasty. ”

Why bother to talk about it, he also knows that although Chen Youliang was frustrated in this battle, he actually did not hurt his vitality, and he is still a strong opponent of Zhu Yuanzhang. Since he talked about Zhang Shicheng, Luo Guoqi suddenly remembered an incident he heard from the officials of Yidu two days ago, and asked casually: "I heard that not long ago, Zhang Shicheng sent his general Lu Zhen to lead a boat division from Taihu Lake into Chenqi Port, and divided his troops into three ways to attack Changxing in your province, is there such a thing?" ”

"Zhang Shicheng is based on the rich land in the southeast, the army is full of food, and the soldiers are arrogant. His brother was arrogant and lascivious, and he was slack in political affairs. Only his third brother Shide is quite good at fighting, but he was captured by my lord in the battle of Changzhou the year before last. Over the years, he and I have fought many battles, winning less and losing more. Although I have come to invade Changxing again, there is no need to worry. The little man learned the news that his troops had been defeated by our Changxing guard, General Geng Bingwen Geng, and there were many armored ships. ”

Some words can only be heard halfway. Why bother to blow it very big, Chen Youliang is okay, and Zhang Shicheng is not good, as if Zhu Yuanzhang is very prosperous. If it is really as he said, will Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng send troops to fight with them three times in succession? Deng She judged one fact from his words: Although I don't know how far away from the Battle of Poyang Lake is at this time, as far as the current situation in the south of the Yangtze River is concerned, Zhu Yuanzhang is obviously far from being able to overwhelm the heroes and stand alone.

Why bother to gather to answer Luo Guoqi's question, seeing that the foreshadowing is almost over, the topic changed, and he said his intention: "Now my emperor Song, there is His Royal Highness in the north, and there is my lord in the south." To tell you the truth, my lord has long had the intention of marrying with His Royal Highness. and repeatedly ordered the villain, telling the villain to convey this meaning to His Royal Highness. The villain originally planned to cross the sea next month and go to Liaoyang to see His Highness. Unexpectedly, His Highness came to Yidu first. His Royal Highness is anxious for justice and righteousness, benevolent and generous, which is really admired by the villain. ……。 ”

He had just picked out his intentions, and he hadn't finished his sentence yet. The guards outside the door came in to tell Wang Shicheng that he was here.

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1. Quanzhen Teaching.

Yuan Haowen described the grand occasion of the spread of the Quanzhen Religion: "Huai in the south, Shuo desert in the north, Qin in the west, sea in the east, mountains and forests, mountains and forests, and houses facing each other, even a hundred are even, A and B are granted and received, and they are unbreakable. ”

Twice and Linhua Hu Jing distinguished, Taoism failed, was ordered to burn all the apocryphal scriptures and printing plates except Lao Tzu, many Taoist temples changed to temples, dismissed the Taoist monks, thousands, only Hangzhou four holy temples, changed to Gushan Temple, seven or eight hundred people became monks.

Although Lao Tzu's theory of turning Hu into Hu is illusory, the main reason for the failure of the Taoist debate on Hu Jing is the partiality of the ruling class of the Yuan Dynasty such as Kublai Khan towards Buddhism. At that time, the presiding officer of the Shaolin Temple, Xueting Fuyu, was the main force in the debate with Taoism.

2, Snow Courtyard Fuyu.

A disciple of Wan Song Xingxiu. Xueting is his name, and Fuyu is his legal name. In the religious circles of the early Yuan Dynasty, he was very famous. First lived in Yanjing Fengfu Temple, and then lived in Shaolin, with endless disciples, and was the main force of Caodong Sect in the north.

When he was the host of Shaolin, he and many senior monks of Shaolin Temple ran day and night, persuading the Mongols everywhere. When Bianliang City was finally breached, the Mongols did not carry out large-scale massacres, and it was called "Xueting Fuyu saves the world".

In the eighth year of the Yuan Dynasty, Kublai Khan ordered the world to release his son, and he gathered in Beijing, a disciple of Xueting Fuyu, and was one of the third. After his death, Emperor Yuanrenzong celebrated the first spring of the first year, and Chen Hao, a scholar of Jixian University and a doctor of Ronglu, invited the emperor to confer Fuyu as the great Sikong and Kaifu Yitong, and posthumously awarded the title of Duke of Jin.

Yelu Chucai, who was famous at the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, also practiced Zen under Wan Song Xingxiu and obtained Yinke.

At that time, there were many celebrities who were associated with Buddhism. Another celebrity in the early Yuan Dynasty, Liu Bingzhong, the builder of Dadu, was also a monk. He was originally a monk of Zhongnantang Temple, his name was Zicong, and the senior monk of the Linji sect, Haiyun Yinjian, was called to Mongolia by Kublai Khan. Later, he was worshiped by Dr. Guanglu, the Taibao, and participated in the Chinese book to save trouble.

Zhao Mengzhuo once studied Zen under the great monk Zhongfeng Mingben of the Rinzai sect.

Qianyan Yuanchang, a disciple of Zhongfeng Mingben, said exquisitely, "The four seas Junjie and Jianghuai Xiong clan have rushed to take refuge like the sun and the moon, and the imperial court has sent three important ministers, sent incense to praise, and gave the honorific title of 'Puying Miaozhi Hongbi Zen Master' and 'Buddha Hui Yuanjian Dayuan Puji Great Zen Master', and gave gold robes. ”

The influence of Buddhism in Middle-earth also spread to Japan and Goryeo.

At the end of the Song Dynasty, in order to escape the war, many eminent monks went east to Japan. In the Yuan Dynasty, there were many Japanese monks studying abroad. The "Five Mountains and Ten Temples" of the Japanese Buddhist world were also modeled after the system of the Southern Song Dynasty. Needless to say, Goryeo had a deeper relationship with the Buddhist world of the Yuan Dynasty. The Goryeo monk Huiqin, who once came to China for further study, was given the seal of the Lin Zen Master at the Pingshan Division, and after returning to China, he was named the king's master.

Even until the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the direct influence of Buddhism on politics still existed. Zhu Di's chief strategist Yao Guangxiao was also a monk.

3, Flower Cloud.

In leap May, Chen Youliang led the boat division to attack Taiping, and the Privy Council sentenced Hua Yun and Zhu Wenxun to resist the battle with 3,000 soldiers, and Wen Xun died. Friendship forgave the siege of the city for three days, and was not allowed to enter, but led the huge boat to force the southwest of the city, and the soldiers climbed the tail of the boat and climbed, and the city fell.

Yun was held on, restrained, and scolded angrily: "Thief slave, you bind me, my lord will destroy you, and cut you for you!" Then he jumped up, shouted loudly, and was bound, and snatched the defender's sword, and slashed five or six people in a row. The thief is angry, binds the clouds in the boat, shoots it, and the clouds scold the thief endlessly. The court sentenced Wang Ding and the prefect Xu Ying to be both friendly and forgiving, and they also resisted and scolded unyieldingly, and they both died.

"Yun Zihaozhou is under his command, and he has made miraculous achievements in every battle. Because of fate, he is always around. So he went out to guard the peace, and died at the age of Chinese New Year's Eve. His wife Gao, a son, Wei, was born at the age of three. The war side was in a hurry, the Gao family would meet the family, hug their children and worship the family temple, and wept that the family said: "The city is broken, my husband will die, my husband will die, and I would rather be the only child!" However, the Hua family is the only one, and it is good for me. "The cloud was executed, and the Gao family went to the water to die.

"Wen Xun, the adopted son of Wu Guogong. Ao, a native of Leping, Raozhou. At the beginning of the Ding Dynasty, he was the adopted son of Zhao Zhong, who was loyal to his duties, kept the peace, and regained his surname Wang, but he died with Yun. ”